Look what you've done, Herman Parish. Taken an infernally infantile name and turned it into an infernally infantile name associated with a character doomed to interpret every instruction literally, with a side order of indefatigable pluck and cushier job security than Dr. House. Thank for for ensuring that people will never attempt to pass this off as anything other than a childish nickname. For your service to babies everywhere, you should be awarded the coveted Golden Pacifier.

Oh my, from my childhood of all those "Amelia Bedelia" books, I always assumed "Bedelia" was made up, LOL! I honestly thought the author just wanted a very silly, made-up name that rhymed with Amelia to grab children's attention. I had no idea this was an actual name.

I dislike it. I don't care for the "Beh" sound or the fact that it has "bed" right in it.

― Anonymous User 5/26/2016

Very surprised to see this is an actual name! I always assumed it was a silly, made-up last name in "Amelia Bedelia."

Having escaped growing up with the Amelia Bedelia books, though I have nevertheless heard of them, I find Bedelia rather lovely. If Ophelia, Cordelia, Odelia, etc. Are acceptable, why not Bedelia?

There are countless names that sound like actual words that are in popular usage. Robert has "rob" in. Maisie has the "maize" sound in. Barbara sounds like barbarous. It shouldn't automatically make Bedelia a no-go.